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1. What is it?
If your doctor orders testing of a specimen of your blood, urine, or other tissue, the specimen will be sent to the medical laboratory for analysis. The laboratory is directed by a pathologist, a physician who specializes in laboratory medicine. The pathologist is responsible for assuring that the results of your laboratory tests are clinically reliable and are reported to your doctor in a timely manner.
Where a specimen of your blood, urine, stool, or similar material is sent to the laboratory, a pathologist may not have to review the specific specimen. Rather, in these situations, pathologists are responsible for quality assurance and quality control. They provide medical supervision of the technicians and technologists who work in the laboratory. They must be available to address problems that arise in the laboratory regarding specific results. Moreover, they must be available to answer any questions that your doctor might have about your laboratory results. Pathologists’ services in directing the medical laboratory to assure the timeliness, reliability, and usefulness of your test results are referred to as the “professional component” of clinical pathology services.
Professional component of clinical pathology billing (PCCP), is where the pathologist bills for his/her services for oversight of a hospital pathology laboratory. This is a common practice amongst pathology groups. Due to the work involved in setup (reports needed from hospital), some hospital administration groups will choose to increase medical directorship fees to offset the billing of this service.
2. Who is Professional Analytics?
Professional Analytics is a wholly owned subsidiary of Incyte Pathology and utilized for the sole purpose of billing out the professional component of clinical pathology. Professional Analytics was developed several years ago.
3. When did we begin?
Incyte began billing the professional component again recently. The go live date of this was 05/01/22, with a retro date for charges going back 3 months.
4. Do we plan on expanding this service?
Yes, we are currently reviewing all hospital contracts to see where we may expand services.
